"According to international law, piracy takes place outside the normal jurisdiction of a state, without state authority, and is private, not political, though acts of unlawful warfare, acts of insurgents and revolutionaries, mutiny, and slave trading have been defined as piracy by national laws of various countries or by special treaties."
"Piracy is a war-like act committed by a nonstate actor, especially robbery or criminal violence committed at sea, on a river, or sometimes on shore, either from a vessel flying no national flag, or one flying a national flag but without authorization from a national authority. It does not normally include crimes on board a vessel among passengers or crew. The term has been used to refer to raids across land borders by nonstate actors." Non-political, non-state sponsored. This is not a Somalia vs. Europe (and everyone else) thing. If it was then it would be an act of war. This is a criminal act performed outside of the governments control. We don't have to be there as long as the shipping companies can take care of themselves. If a ship followed a few simple rules, they could avoid all of this problem by killing the pirates. 1. Start with a show of force. Mount a few guns or guards on a ship. 2. Determine if a ship is coming within X distance. Not sitting there but actually traveling towards. 3. Warn them off. A few bullhorns with a pre-recorded message (in Somali and other languages) 'requesting' that the closing ship veer away is more than enough. 4. Just to be safe, a few warning shots near or over (but not at) the closing ship. 5. If this all fails, remove the threat. Non-state is non-state. If Somalia, as a country, wants to get involved, then it will be a UN and international law thing. Until then, it's an issue of private groups acting without state support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294907 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
